Our Fraternity

Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity that promotes and supports music throughout the World.  The Fraternity has 212 college chapters, 120 alumnae chapters, and 1 International chapter. Currently Sigma Alpha Iota has 107,902 in Initiated Membership with 5,153 Undergraduate and Graduate Students and 3,136 National Alumnae Association Members with the membership only growing. 

Sigma Alpha Iota was founded on June 12, 1903 at the University School of Music in Ann Arbor, Michigan by seven women: Mary Storrs Andersen, Nora Crane Hunt, Minnie Davis Sherrill, Georgina Potts, Frances Caspari, Leila Farlin Laughlin, and Elizabeth A. Campbell. 

The vision of Sigma Alpha Iota is to be recognized throughout the world as the foremost fraternity that

• Supports and encourages women musicians of all ages, races, and nationalities
• Supports and promotes successful and innovative educational programs in music for all stages of life
• Cultivates excellence in musical performance
• Promotes programs and activities that stress the love and importance of music in our lives
• Recognizes technological advances in the field of music
• Dedicates financial resources that ensure the continuation of programs necessary to support the objectives of the fraternity in perpetuity
• Has as its members people who exemplify professional and ethical behavior in the spirit of the Sigma Alpha Iota founders.

To learn more about Sigma Alpha Iota, visit our website at http://www.sai-national.org

 Last Updated on January 29, 2008. 
This site is maintained by Linda Aguilar laguilar001@student.nsula.edu